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[miniman]

FOUR THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
Patent agent's clerk, Examinations Officer, Cashier, teacher

B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
To Sir with Love, Blazing Saddles, M.A.S.H., Passport to Pimlico

C) Four places I have lived:
Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, England

D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
Masterchef, Kitchen Nightmares, Morse, Grand Designs

E) Four places I would rather be right now
France, Bed, eating steak, kissing wife


4 things I am looking forward to this year.
Visiting Disneyland Paris, the summer holidays, teaching my cooking classes, visiting friends


G) Four of my favorite foods:
Steak, lasagna, roast dinner, chocolate ice cream



H) Four of my favorite beverages:
cola, hot chocolate, wine, cide


I) Four magazines I subscribe to:
Readers Diget, Radio Times - no others



J) Four of my favorite websites:
www.discusscooking.com, eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace, Telegraph newspaper online, www.popcap.com

 

[muzzlet]

FOUR THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
Library Clerk, Ice Cream Scooper, Docket Runner, Legal Secretary

B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
American in Paris, Shawshank Redemption, Sunset Blvd., Chicago

C) Four places I have lived:
Toledo, OH and Cleveland, OH - but hope to be somewhere warmer in the near future

D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
Good Eats, Ugly Betty, Nip/Tuck, original CSI

E) Four places I would rather be right now:
Pretty happy right where I am

F) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
Family reunion in April, Passover, my 50th birthday party in July, picking apples in September

G) Four of my favorite foods:
Anything with lots of cheese, olives, fresh bread with lots of butter, my lemon pound cake

H) Four of my favorite beverages:
Tea (hot or iced), Water, Hot Chocolate, Cosmopolitans

I) Four magazines I subscribe to:
More, Newsweek, Real Simple, AARP Magazine (ok, that one comes for my husband!) I love magazines and have to restrain myself from ordering too many!

J) Four of my favorite websites:
Google, Ebay, YouTube and this one!

 

[muzzlet]

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
Helper at a slaughter house, Gas station attendant, Parts counter sales at a motorcycle shop, Bartender.

John: Did that job at the slaughter house make you want to swear off meat forever!?! I don't ever want to be that close to the source of my meat. Much prefer the safe little plastic packs at the grocery store!!! LOL!!
Jan

 

[NAchef]

FOUR THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
Built windows, Home Alarm Salesman, Telemarketer, Small Engine Mechanic

B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
Stand By Me, Lord of the Rings (trilogy), Bad Boys 2, On Golden Pond

C) Four places I have lived:
Utah thats it

D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
Iron Chef, Big Brother, Anything on the History Channel, American Idol

E) Four places I would rather be right now
United Arab Emerites, Playing with the kids, On a date with the Wife, Sleeping


4 things I am looking forward to this year.
BBQ, playing in the pool, vacation, for the temp to get out of the 30's

G) Four of my favorite foods:
Steak, Kung Pao chicken, Chili, Lobster


H) Four of my favorite beverages:
Pepsi, Cape Cod, Mango smoothie, Pink Lemonade


I) Four magazines I subscribe to:
Car & Driver, Time, Blender,



J) Four of my favorite websites:
www.discusscooking.com Recipezaar: Where the World's Recipes Are All recipes – complete resource for recipes and cooking tips GottaDeal.com - Why Pay Retail? - Hot Deals, Coupons, Forums & More

 

[texasgirl]

FOUR THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
Deli worker, Insurance claim screener, Graphics designer, Manager of Storage facility.
B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
Day after Tomorrow, Green Mile, Fried Green Tomatoes, Batteries Not Included.
C) Four places I have lived:
Wylie, Tx, Garland, Tx, Sachse, Tx, Lake Tawakoni. All within 40 miles. LOL
D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
All Csi's, Criminal Minds, All Law & Orders, Cold Case
E) Four places I would rather be right now:
On my boat, at home, in Hawaii, at the Cleveland clinic
F) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
Stop smoking, losing weight, getting both kids out of the house and with jobs,
Getting my husban healthy again.
G) Four of my favorite foods:
Veggies!! Pizza, Salad, chicken
H) Four of my favorite beverages:
Diet Orang Sunkist,torpical Fruit Fruit 2/0, Vinti white chocolate mocha frapaccino Tea, Arbour Mist
I) Four magazines I subscribe to:
Kraft Foods, that's it.
J) Four of my favorite websites:
DC, knittinghelp, nascar and nfl
K) Four things I can't do without:
My husband, my boys, computer, car

Hey Bucky, you sure you would only watch groundhog 4 times??

 

[love2"Q"]

FOUR THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
Whopper flopper at burger king, construction , construction , construction ..
B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
Transformers, Star Wars (any) Lord of the Rings (any) Pulp Fiction ..
C) Four places I have lived:
Edinburgh Scotland, Jacksonville Fl. , Pensacola Fl. , Va Beach Va.
D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
House, The Office , My name is Earl , Iron Chef America..

E) Four places I would rather be right now:
Dublin Ireland , Glasgow Scotland, Italy , Somewhere warm ..

F) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
Going to Disney world with my wife and kids , finish putting in the hardwood floors in the rest of the house , Ten year anniversary , and a little vacation with just me and the DW ..
G) Four of my favorite foods:
Cheeseburgers, Baby back ribs slow smoked, homemade Mac and cheese , Pecan pie..
H) Four of my favorite beverages:
Guinness , bud light , Iced tea , Water ...
I) Four magazines I subscribe to:
This old house .. thats it ..

J) Four of my favorite websites:
Think i will skip this one ...

 

[babetoo]

it's just me,

born in memphis, tennessee, moved to southern fifty two years when i married'i am seventy years old and not sure how i got here

raised two kids , have four grandchildren, mostly grown and two great granddaughters.

i live alone. in 1996, my husband was shot to death by my ex husband. it has been a hard 12 years. i witnessed the murder and had to be in court to tell what happened. he got 29 to life. he is now 74 and has only done 12 years.
i have pstd because of it. am doing fairly well now but it was very very hard

it made me realize life can be very short. so i don't sweat the small stuff any more. it takes a lot to make me mad.

i love to cook for my kids and grandkids. the two youngest don't have teeth yet. lol

i do a lot of decorating in my little mobil home. not so little actually.

did not mean to bring anyone down with my story, but it did happen to me and molded me into the person i am today.

i love this site and feel u are all my friends.

babe

 

[Bilby]

Wow Babe! Snapshots into other people's lives always make you stop and think, don't they?

 

[expatgirl]

A. Four jobs I have had in my life: primary elementary teacher, proofreader, tutor, and boy scout/girl scout leader (and that Was a job)

B. Four movies I'd watch over and over: too many but here goes: Sense & Sensibillity by Emma Thompson, Not Without My Daughter, Ghost, Gone With the Wind

C. Four places I have lived: Cairo/ Egypt, Mumbai/ India, Texas (a good part of my life), and currently Astana/Kazakhstan

D. Four TV shows I watch: in the states I watch Judge Judy, movies, True Crime (not the real title but can't remember its real name) and Lifetime movies

E. Four things I look forward to: getting out of this ice box and going to London this week, seeing my granddaughter start kindergarten, my daughter graduating from Pomona College in May, making new friends

F. Four places I'd rather be: any place warmer than here

G. Four of my favorite foods: anything Mexican, Vietnames, Thai, and good pizza

H. Four of my favorite beverages: margaritas, champagne, good white wines, sparkling water with lime or lemon

I. Four magazines: was subscribing to People while overseas not to miss out on movies and books coming out but stopped---nothing but the same trash over and over ad nauseum

J. Four of my favorite websites: DC, YouTube, Allrecipes, Google

 

[radhuni]

FOUR THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
I had only one job - Teacher of Biology in a high school
B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
Gupi Gayen Bagha Bayen, Ben Hur, Sholwa sal, Matrix Trilogy.
C) Four places I have lived:
Only two places- Calcutta, Dibrugarh (Assam)
D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
I don't watch any tv shows excepts cartoons.
E) Four places I would rather be right now:
Nowhere because I am in home
F) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
Losing weight, buying a house, going for a long vacation, to be perfect in English language
G) Four of my favorite foods:
Hilsha fish with mustard sauce, chicken kassa, sweet pulav, steaming rice with boiled potato, boiled egg and a spoonful ghee.
H) Four of my favorite beverages:
Darjeeling tea with milk and sugar, lemonade, mango panna, ghol (serbat prepared from yogurt)
I) Four of my favorite authors
Satyajit Ray, Sharadindu Bandopadhyay, Agatha Christie and Jules Verne J) Four of my favorite websites:
Wikipedia, Gutenberg.org, DC, Yahoo
K) Four things I can't do without:
My husband, my books, my kitchen, my glasses

 

[GotGarlic]

Babe, what an awful experience to go through. Thank you for sharing that with us.

 

[miniman]

A
C. Four places I have lived: Cairo/ Egypt, Mumbai/ India, Texas (a good part of my life), and currently Astana/Kazakhstan

Wow expat girl you sure have moved around. Is it related to your DH's job or do you like exploring?

I have also enjoyed reading all the other little snippets and having movies bought back to mind - I'd forgotten all about "batteries not included!" - I really loved that, Short Circut is another one that hit my sense of humour.

 

[miniman]

Babe - I really feel for you, it bought back memories of my friend at school who was killed when terrorists attacked his family farm. So hard for those left behind.

 

[Maverick2272]

We used to take our family vacations, when I was growing, up by Winnipeg. We also have been to Thunder Bay and would go house boating on, I forget the name of the lake but the town we left from is Warroad I believe. And then we would stop for customs before crossing into the Canadian side and sometimes go as far up as Kenora.
Mostly it was just a week on the lake fishing and overnighting moored to whatever island we had picked out and liked!

 

[Loprraine]

Four jobs I have had in my life
I've worked for the same bank since I was 17!!

B. Four movies I'd watch over and over
Babe, Shrek 1, Shrek 2, Godfather Part 1,

C. Four places I have lived:
Montreal Quebec, Winnipeg Manitoba, Thompson Manitoba, Thunder Bay Ontario

E. Four things I look forward to
Taking very early retirement in Dec of this year, planning our wedding, getting rid of all my stuff so I can move to Virginia, I'm just happy!!!!

F. Four places I'd rather be:
Virginia, Montreal, Quebec City, Sicily

G. Four of my favorite foods:
Pasta, Pork, Chicken, Salads

H. Four of my favorite beverages
White wine, Ice Wine, ice cold fruit juices, ice cold vodka

Four magazines:
Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Saveur, Fine Cooking

Four TV Shows that I watch
Dinner Impossible, Trading Spouces, Jeopardy, the really old Iron Chefs

How come it's all in bold??

 

[Loprraine]

I think I'm a thread killer!

 

[Fisher's Mom]

I think I'm a thread killer!

Oh no, Loprraine. It's just that none of us could top getting married this year!!!

 

[jkath]

Buckytom, I read that first job as "Lighthouse Painter"....LOL


FOUR THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
restaurant, hair stylist, regional sales rep for hair products, mom!

B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
The Wedding Singer, Love Actually, then any romantic comedy

C) Four places I have lived:
Santa Barbara, CA; Glendale, AZ; then many towns near Pasadena, CA

D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
Clean House, Top Chef, Project Runway, Celebrity Apprentice

E) Four places I would rather be right now:
Vegas at the Wynn Buffet, Houston at Nino's eating fried squash blossoms, in North Carolina visiting my dear friend, Lake Tahoe

F) Four things I am looking forward to this year: too much for only 4 things!!

G) Four of my favorite foods:
Italian Pasta dishes, Filet Mignon, Thanksgiving dinner, really good cheese


H) Four of my favorite beverages:
coffee, meyer lemonade, mint-water, white wine

I) Four magazines I subscribe to:
Martha Stewart Living, Bon Appetit, Veranda, Traditional Home

J) Four of my favorite websites:
discuss cooking, ebay, Pandora Radio, Brighton

 

[corazon]

FOUR THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
Waitress at a fancy restaurant.....cook.....barista....supermom

B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
Love Actually!!! Back to the Future (trilogy)....Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade....Lord of the Rings (trilogy)

C) Four places I have lived:
Santa Fe, NM.....Seattle, WA....Bainbridge Island, WA....Boston, MA

D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
Heroes....Prison Break....Dancing With the Stars....24

E) Four places I would rather be right now:
Anywhere with my sister (stick us in a dark room and we'd still have fun)....on a vacation with just dh....New Zealand....Kauaii

F) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
Aidan starting kindergarten....working on the garden....my sister coming to visit....new dance projects

G) Four of my favorite foods:
Chocolate....Steak au poivre....halibut....kahlua mousse

H) Four of my favorite beverages:
Chocolate coke....hot tea....margaritas....london fogs

I) Four magazines I subscribe to:
Fine Cooking....Cook's Illustrated....Cook's Country....Little Kids National Geographic (for the kiddos, it's an awesome magazine for them)

J) Four of my favorite websites:
discuss cooking....our kid's blog (see signature)....BRDC....gmail

 

[ChefJune]

FOUR THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
High School Band Director (and Cheerleader Coach!); Campaign Manager for Congressional Candidate; Career Counselor; Chef and Cooking Teacher

B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
South Pacific; Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood; Crossing Delancey; Saving Private Ryan

C) Four places I have lived:
Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; San Diego, CA; Jersey City, NJ

D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
Top Chef; 60 Minutes; How Do I Look?; House Hunters

E) Four places I would rather be right now:
France (in this weather, Provence); on a sunny beach somewhere south; (that's about it for now!)

F) Four things I am looking forward to this year:
Finishing my thesis and receiving my diploma from Université de Reims; turning the thesis in in person; retiring from my stinky day job to teach culinary school; traveling to visit old friends.

G) Four of my favorite foods:
Nantucket Bay Scallops; Lamb; Raspberries, Asparagus

H) Four of my favorite beverages:
Champagne; Wine; Water; Lemonade

I) Four magazines I subscribe to:
Food Arts; Santé; Saveur; Nations Restaurant News

J) Four of my favorite websites:
feastivals.com; discusscooking.com; jazzcorner.com; wltv.com

K) Four of my favorite books:
Remembrance Rock by Carl Sandburg; Ceremony of the Innocent by Taylor Caldwell; Désirée by Annemarie Selinko; A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle